Need help about the career "Nurse Anesthetist"?
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Hi..Okay so I decided from what I heard from friends..that this career is good but I dont want to step into a career without knowing anything about it.So im conducting my research..please help me if you happend to know any of these answers or are a Nurse Anesthetist yourself.
I have a couple of questions.
1. What is the Degree Area for Nurse Anesthetist?
2.What are the Top 3 schools for the Degree Area in the world(or U.S)?
.History of one of the top 3 schools?
3.Freshman year list of all courses (If I want to be a Nurse Anesthetist..what classes would I need to take my Freshman college year?
4.Sophmore college year list of all courses need to be taken?
5. Junior year list of all courses need to be taken?
6.Senior college year list of all courses need to be taken this year?
7.Top 3 companies or medical centers of "Nurse Anesthetis"(list 3 top companies in industry)
8.Salary range for a nurse anesthetist
*Starting Salary
*Medium Salary
*Top off salary
9. Working conditions. Do you travel in that career(nurse anesthetist)?
10.How do you dress? (do you wear scrubs..? describe how they dress) do they wear a cap
11.What kind of environment do you work in?
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February 28th, 2011 at 1:45 am
To add the the answers above all of which are correct the top schools are:
In order:
Civilian Programs:
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
Rush University Chicago, IL
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
Albany Medical College Albany, NY
Georgetown University Washington, DC
Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia/California State Univ.–Fullerton Pasadena, CA
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
However, at the same level with Virginia Commonwealth University, since you wanted the 3 best these programs are tied in respect to quality and the expertise of the graduates with the best in the country, but are training programs for military nurses.
U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing Fort Sam Houston, TX
Navy Nurse Corps Bethesda, MD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD
Actually, having been involved in nursing and nursing education, and working with nurse anesthesia programs for over 30 years; the best CRNAs I have personally worked with have come out of the US Army program.
February 28th, 2011 at 1:45 am
You are jumping the gun here. You can’t become a nurse anesthetist without becoming a RN first; and you need a bachelor’s RN as as of now , a CRNA is a masters level degree (may become a doctorate at some point). So you need to enroll in a university that offers a nursing degree, work as a critical are RN for a few years and then apply to a CRNA dedicated program. You need top nursing school grades as this is a career that only takes the reme of the crop.
Salary will not be relative at this point as you have at least 6 or so years to go. They work in ORs or in out patient surgicenters providing different types of anesthesia (endotracheal, regional, spinal, etc). There is no specific travel, unless you cover a few different surgicenters. Generally scrubs, booties & surgical caps.
February 28th, 2011 at 1:45 am
Diane answered it pretty much. I am going to Nursing school for my Associate Degree. My grandmother is a former Nurse Anesthetist.
After I am done with Nursing school. I will work in ICU unit while I finish getting my BSN. After getting my BSN, then I can apply for the Nurse Anesthetist program. You have to have top grades, and only certain schools have the program. In Ohio, even Ohio State University doesn’t have this program, my grandma couldn’t believe it because she graduated from OSU in this program.
The salary goes by area. Average salary is $144,000 a year. The thing is my grandmother said that since they get their money from the Insurance Companies, they would get paid monthly.
Don’t get into this just for the money. Do it because it is something you can see yourself doing for a long time.
You can go to http://www.aana.com for more information.
February 28th, 2011 at 1:45 am
1. You obtain a Master’s degree in Nursing from a Nursing Anesthesia program.
2. I don’t know, that depends on who you ask. As long as a school is accredited, it doesn’t really matter how it ranks. Employers really don’t care if you went to a school with a more prestigious name, they only care if you are licensed after you graduate.
3, 4, 5, 6. You need to take whatever courses are required for your undergraduate degree in nursing (BSN). Varies from school to school. You take some science pre-reqs and general education courses during the Freshman and Sophomore years, then apply to the nursing major during Sophomore year, then start the nursing core courses during Junior year. After you graduate with your BSN you can get licensed as an RN. Then you need at least a year or more of work experience in a critical care environment, usually ICU at a hospital. Then you can apply to a Master’s CRNA program.
7. Can’t answer that for you. CRNAs are hired by all kinds of hospitals and surgical centers all over the country.
8. Starting salary in US is roughly $120,000 per year. Median is probably $140,000, high end could be as much as $175,000 or more depending on what area of the country you work in.
9. You don’t usually travel.
10. Yes, you are expected to wear scubs because you are in a surgical environment.
11. As I said, you work anywhere where anesthesia services are used, which is primarily hospitals and out-patient surgical centers.